2008 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election

2008 Green Party (Czech Republic) leadership election

9 September 2008

Candidate Martin Bursík Dana Kuchtová Electoral vote 227 109 Percentage 65% 31%

Leader of Greens before election Martin Bursík Elected Leader of Greens Martin Bursík

The Czech Green Party (SZ) held a leadership election on 9 September 2008. The incumbent leader Martin Bursík defeated challenger Dana Kuchtová.^[1][2][3]

Background

The Green Party entered the Czech parliament following the 2006 legislative election, and joined a coalition government with the Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Christian and Democratic Union - Czechoslovak People's Party (KDU-ČSL). Conflicts within the party began in 2008 with Dana Kuchtová and Olga Zubová criticising Bursík.^[4] Bursík announced in July 2008 that a leadership election would be held in September 2008.^[5] Kuchtová announced that she would run against Bursík.^[6]

Voting

There were six candidates in total. 349 delegates voted, with Bursík receiving 226 votes and winning the election.^[7]

Candidate	Votes
Martin Bursík	227	65.04%
Dana Kuchtová	109	31.23%
Jan Linhart	4	1.15%
Milan Přívratský	3	0.86%
Jiří Růžička	2	0.57%
Arnold Nowak	0	0%
Turnout	349

References

1. "Zelené nadále povede Bursík, Kuchtová zcela vypadla z vedení strany". iDNES.cz. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
2. "Liška, Jacques a Ander místopředsedy zelených, Kuchtová z vedení odchází". ČT24.cz. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
3. Málek, Petr (7 September 2008). "Bursík povede dál Zelené, Kuchtová jde z vedení". Deník.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 3 July 2020.
4. "Boj u zelených. Kuchtová Bursíkovi: Omluvte se Zubové". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 18 February 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
5. "Bursík prosadil mimořádný sjezd, Kuchtová nesouhlasí". iDNES.cz. 9 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
6. "Bursík má soupeře na sjezd. Na souboj ho vyzve Kuchtová". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 23 July 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
7. "Zelení si zvolili do čela Martina Bursíka". Aktuálně.cz (in Czech). 6 September 2008. Retrieved 3 July 2020.